1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipip.c b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
index da281581692c..e77e3b855834 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipip.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
@@ -221,16 +221,8 @@ static struct ip_tunnel * ipip_tunnel_locate(struct ip_tunnel_parm *parms, int c
 
         if (parms->name[0])
                 strlcpy(name, parms->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-        else {
-                int i;
-                for (i=1; i<100; i++) {
-                        sprintf(name, "tunl%d", i);
-                        if (__dev_get_by_name(&init_net, name) == NULL)
-                                break;
-                }
-                if (i==100)
-                        goto failed;
-        }
+        else
+                sprintf(name, "tunl%%d");
 
         dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, ipip_tunnel_setup);
         if (dev == NULL)